At age 10, my son was diagnosed with RAD (Reactive Attachment Disorder). He is 17 now, and he would no longer qualify for this diagnosis at all. I’m not convinced that he EVER had a “disorder,” and I know so Continue reading RAD Recovery: The Proven Path to Growth and Healing
So much of the advice that I see about how to parent adopted kids deals with coming to terms with their trauma, grief, and brokenness. While I believe that this is an important place to start, I don’t think we should Continue reading Strong and in Control
Note: This is a post about EXTREME parenting for those with highly volatile, violent children. If the biggest problem you have is getting your child to make her bed, then this is not a post for you. This one Continue reading Violence and 9-1-1
Sometimes it can be so easy for me to forget how far we have come and just happily skip along my merry way, thinking that everything is “normal” now and we are never going back to the scary early days of this Continue reading The root of all defiant, stubborn behavior
This is a story about a setback that my son and I went through a few days ago. I originally posted it in a parenting group on Facebook, but I decided to share it again here because it seemed to Continue reading The Setback